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Election Information

Board Of Education Members
November 2024 - November 2025
 

Diana Y. Serna, Board President (Place 2)
Ricardo "Rick" Rodriguez, Vice-President (Place 4)
Ramona Barron, Secretary (Place 5)
Griselda Quintanilla, Assistant Secretary (Place 6)
Yolanda Castillo, Member (Place 3)
Cynthia A. Gutierrez, Member (Place 7)
Carlos Villegas, Jr., Member (Place 1)

Election Term Information

Upcoming Election: November 3, 2026 
Trustee positions to be filled: 1, 2, and 3

Place 

Term Expires 

Current Trustee 

2026

Carlos Villegas, Jr. 

2

2026

Diana Y. Serna 

3

2026

Yolanda Castillo

2028

Ricardo "Rick" Rodriguez

5

2028

Ramona Barron

6

2028

Griselda Quintanilla

7

2028

Cynthia A. Gutierrez

Election Contact

Rebecca Gonzales, Assistant Superintendent for Finance
rebecca.gonzales@psjaisd.us 

601 E. Kelly P. O. Box 769
Pharr, TX 78577

Phone: 956-354-2018
Fax: 956-354-3002 

School Trustee Election Timeline

Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Independent School District PSJA ISD School Trustee Election Tuesday, November 3, 2026

First Day to Apply for Ballot by Mail 
Saturday, January 1, 2026 
First Day to File for a Place on the General Election Ballot 
Saturday, July 18, 2026 
Last Day to File for a Place on the General Election Ballot 
Monday, August 17, 2026 5:00 PM 
Last Day to Register to Vote 
Monday, October 5, 2026 
Due date for opposed Candidates to file FIRST Candidate/Officeholder
Report of Contributions, Expenditures and Loans (30 days before) 
 
First Day of Early Voting by Personal Appearance 
Monday, October 19, 2026
Last Day to Apply for Ballot by Mail (received, not post-marked) 
Friday, October 23, 2026
Due date for opposed Candidates to file SECOND Candidate/Officeholder
Report of Contributions, Expenditures and Loans ( 8 days before) 
 
Last Day of Early Voting by Personal Appearance 
Friday, October 30, 2026
ELECTION DAY 
Tuesday, November 3, 2026 

 

Additional Information

Form, Content, and Procedure: An application for a place on the ballot must be in writing; signed, sworn to by the candidate before a person authorized to administer an oath, and dated; timely filed with the dis-trict’s filing authority (often the superintendent’s secretary or another designated district employee); and contain specified information about the candidate: 

  • The candidate’s name, date of birth, and occupation; 
  • The candidate’s residence address or the address at which the candidate receives mail with a description of the location of the candidate’s residence; 
  • The candidate’s length of continuous residence in Texas and in the district (and single mem-ber district, if applicable) as of the date the candidate swears to the application; 
  • If available, a public mailing address and email address at which the candidate receives corre-spondence relating to the candidate’s campaign; 
  • The office sought, including any place or other distinguishing number and an indication of whether the office sought is for a full or unexpired term; 
  • Statements that the candidate is a U.S. citizen; has not been determined by a court to be mentally incapacitated; has not been convicted of a felony; is aware of the nepotism law; and swears an oath to support and defend the U.S. and Texas Constitutions and laws. 

Eligibility: An individual is eligible to be a candidate for, or elected or appointed to, a Texas school board if the individual: 

  • Is a United States citizen; 
  • Is 18 years of age or older on the first day of the term to be filled at the election or on the date of appointment, as applicable; 
  • Has not been determined by a final judgment of a court exercising probate jurisdiction to be totally mentally incapacitated or partially mentally incapacitated without the right to vote; 
  • Has not been finally convicted of a felony; 
  • Has resided continuously in the state for 12 months and in the territory from which the office is elected for six months immediately preceding the following date: 

*For an independent candidate, the date of the regular filing deadline for a candidate’s name is written in; or 

*For an appointee to an office, the date the appointment is made; 

  • Is registered to vote in the territory from which the office is elected on the date described above; and 
  • Satisfies any other eligibility requirements prescribed by law for the office. 

Tex. Elec. Code § 141.001; Tex. Educ. Code § 11.066.